these people, especially on the rens, were the ones that made it possible for america to accept black americans as basketball players. tavis: how funny is it to you to think at one point the nba was all white? people cannot even imagine that these days. >> it is hard to conceive now especially looking back in recent history. let's go back when the lakers for started. we show a picture of them. it was an all white team. tavis: hard to imagine. i'm glad they changed that. "on the shoulders of giants" brought to us by kareem abdul- jabbar. he made a whole new life for us as an historian. good to have you on. great work. you can watch it on video on demand for the next few months and on dvd. congratulations again. that is our show for tonight. until then, good night. thanks for watching. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: award winning author, mark richard. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a